Donor CatalystFree & discounted tools for nonprofits
Dozens of vendors offer free access or steep discounts to registered nonprofits — most organizations just don't know they exist. We researched and verified every offer below, straight from each vendor's own nonprofit program page.
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Design & Branding
Drag-and-drop design tool for social graphics, flyers, and presentations.
Verified via TechSoup; excludes government, schools, and grant-making foundations.
Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, and the rest of the Creative Cloud suite.
Adobe's own page didn't state a single rate — TechSoup partner pages cite different percentages depending on plan. Confirm current pricing before purchasing.
Marketing & Communications
Email marketing and automation platform.
Email marketing, events, and social media tools.
No discount on monthly billing — must prepay 6 or 12 months.
CRM & Fundraising
CRM, marketing, and service hub for donor and constituent relationships.
Currently a pilot limited to nonprofits in North America, Australia, and New Zealand.
CRM built for fundraising, programs, and grantmaking.
Payments
Online payment processing for donations and transactions.
Stripe doesn't publish an exact rate; commonly reported as ~2.2% + $0.30 (vs. standard 2.9% + $0.30). Requires 80%+ of payment volume to be tax-deductible donations.
Donation and payment processing for registered charities.
Requires PayPal Confirmed Charity status.
Cloud & Hosting
Cloud compute, storage, and hosting via Microsoft's nonprofit program.
Also includes free Microsoft 365 Business Basic (up to 300 users); some previously-free M365 Premium seats are being shifted to a paid-but-discounted tier (~$5.50/user/mo).
Cloud infrastructure and hosting via AWS nonprofit credit programs.
The Imagine Grant is a competitive application, not automatic.
Cloud compute and storage via Google for Nonprofits.
Google's own pages don't state a specific credit amount for Cloud (separate from the well-documented Ad Grants program below).
Enterprise-grade security and DDoS protection for at-risk public-interest sites.
Scoped to human rights, journalism, civil society, and democracy-support missions — not general nonprofits.
Productivity & Collaboration
Work OS for project and task management.
Requires an annual subscription (no monthly option) and annual re-verification.
Team messaging and collaboration.
Docs, wikis, and project tracking in one workspace.
Task and project management for teams.
Video conferencing and webinars.
Limited to orgs with operating budgets of $10M or less.
Password manager for teams.
1Password doesn't publish a specific percentage — terms are determined after you submit a request.
AI Tools
Anthropic's AI assistant for writing, research, and analysis.
OpenAI's AI assistant for writing, research, and analysis.
Dev & IT
Code hosting, CI, and collaboration for technical teams.
Marketplace of donated and discounted software for validated nonprofits — often the entry point for other vendors' nonprofit programs (several entries in this directory are administered through it).
Docs & Finance
E-signature and agreement workflows.
DocuSign's own page doesn't publish an exact percentage — contact sales for current pricing.
Cloud file storage and sharing.
No self-serve discount — Dropbox asks orgs to contact support directly for terms.
Accounting and bookkeeping software.
Not offered directly by Intuit — administered through TechSoup, one subscription per org lifetime.
Outreach & Ads
Free Google Workspace plus Google Ad Grants for search advertising.
Excludes government entities, hospitals/healthcare orgs, and schools/universities.
Discounted recruiting, learning, and sales tools for staff and board development.
Not free — this is a discount off annual contracts. No discount on advertising or LinkedIn Premium.
Event ticketing and registration.
Limited to US, Canada, UK/Ireland, Australia, and NZ. Doesn't reduce per-ticket fees.
Once your tools are covered, check your numbers
Donor Catalyst reads every US nonprofit's Form 990 and shows where its finances sit among real peers — free to look up, no signup required.